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Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers ask federal government to save them (katv.com)
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Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers are pleading with the federal government to provide emergency funding amid a farm economy crisis.

Almost everything that could go wrong for Arkansas farmers went wrong this year, leaving many facing bankruptcy or even the closure of farms that have been passed down for generations.

A dismal global market and plunging commodity prices mean there’s little hope of breaking even, even as input costs soar because of inflation and tariffs—on top of bad weather earlier in the year.

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[–] 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

One wonders how many of these Arkansas farmers voted for unchecked capitalism and "small government" at the ballot box last November...

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I’m going with “all of them”

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    • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They elected that ghoul Sarah Huckabee Sanders as their governor

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    • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Arkansas has always created its own problems

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Where them boot-straps?

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    Who'd ya vote for, fucksticks?

    Yeah, thought so. Enjoy the result. Idiots.

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    [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    What a bunch of communists!

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nope, that's communism.

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    • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Imagine crying to big daddy government instead of pulling yourself by ypur bootstraps and doing a single honest hard day's work. These lazy hippie commies need to be deported to Antarctica.

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